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According to Cincinnati.com, Lakota West High School’s production of the musical “Sweeney Todd” won multiple 2011 Cappies Awards.

The Cappies, “Critics and Awards Program,” is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers like The Washington Post, Cincinnati Enquirer, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Winners from the Greater Cincinnati area were announced this past Saturday, May 21, at a gala at the Aronoff Center.

The “Sweeney Todd” production, which was performed in early April, won awards for makeup, ensemble in a musical, supporting actress in a musical and supporting actor in a musical.

Emily George and Taylor McBee won for makeup; Mitra Jouhari won for supporting actress; and Max Jansen won for supporting actor.

For more on the local winners, visit Cincinnati.com’s story “High school drama work honored with Cappies.”

(Photo: Ellie Fisher and Drew Hamilton perform in “Sweeney Todd” – click to enlarge)

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Lakota West High School students will return to the stage to perform the musical “Sweeney Todd” in the Lakota West Theatre April 8-10. The performances on April 8-9 will begin at 8 p.m. The April 10 performance will take place at 2 p.m.

Lakota West Theatre’s ticket order form provides background of the musical that features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.

The musical tale of the “demon barber of Fleet Street” has won a whopping 18 Tony Awards for the original production and its ensuing revivals, ensuring its place as one of Broadway’s greatest musicals. Sonheim weaves some of Broadway’s most memorable songs into this powerful tale of revenge and redemption.

Tickets purchased in advance are $12 for adults and $10 for senior citizens (55 and older). Tickets purchased at the door will be $14 for adults and $12 for senior citizens.

Tickets can be purchase online at the Lakota West Theatre website.

(Photo: Ellie Fisher and Drew Hamilton perform in “Sweeney Todd” – click to enlarge)

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